Karim Vellani

About Karim Vellani

Karim H. Vellani is the President of Threat Analysis Group, LLC, an independent security consulting firm. Karim is Board Certified in Security Management (CPP), a Board-Certified Security Consultant (CSC), and has over 30 years of security management, crime analysis, and forensic security consulting experience. He has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Law Enforcement and a master’s degree in Criminal Justice Management. He is the author of three books, Applied Crime Analysis, Strategic Security Management, Unraveled: An Evidence-Based Approach to Understanding and Preventing Crime, and has contributed to a number of other security related books and journals. Karim serves on various research teams conducting evidence-based research on violent crime prevention, workplace violence, sex trafficking, and use of force.As an independent security management consultant, Karim has been retained by Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. He has extensive experience in risk management and security force protection and provides consultation on a regular basis at government, commercial, and residential facilities across the nation. Karim specializes in crime analysis and security risk assessment and mitigation. He developed a crime analysis methodology that utilizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Report coding system and a proprietary software application called CrimeAnalysisTM. The software allows end users to identify specific threats, select appropriate countermeasures, and reduce their risk. As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston - Downtown, Karim taught graduate courses in Security Management and Risk Analysis for the College of Criminal Justice’s Security Management Program. Karim is a member of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), ASIS-International, the American Society of Criminology (ASC), American Society of Evidence-Based Policing (ASEBP), the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS). In the past, Karim served as President of the IAPSC, Director for the IAHSS Foundation and Chair of the Evidence-Based Research Committee. Currently, Karim serves on the IAPSC Forensic Committee and chairs the IAPSC’s Evidence-Based Security Practices Committee.

Experience

1. Independent Security Consultant

   Threat Analysis Group, Llc

   Mar 1997 — Present

   Karim H. Vellani, CPP, CSC is an Independent Security Consultant at Threat Analysis Group, LLC. He is the author of three books, Unraveled, Applied Crime Analysis and Strategic Security Management, and has contributed to a number of other security related books and journals. Karim has also developed a Risk Assessment Methodology for Healthcare Facilities and Hospitals. In 2009, the International Association of Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) published its Security Risk Assessment Guideline, which was authored by Karim at the request of IAHSS.As an independent security management consultant, Karim has been retained by Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. He has extensive experience in risk management and security force protection and provides consultation on a regular basis at government, commercial, and residential facilities across the nation. As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston - Downtown, Karim taught graduate courses in Security Management and Risk Analysis for the College of Criminal Justice’s Security Management Program. Karim has instructed for the International Association of Professional Security Consultants, ASIS-International, the International Association of Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS), and the University of Texas Health Science Center.

Education

• Sam Houston State University

  B.S.

  1992 — 1994

• Sam Houston State University

  Masters

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Security
• Internal Investigations
• Crime Analysis
• Protection
• Crime Prevention
• Force Protection
• Investigation
• Asset Protection
• Policy
• Security Audits
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Interrogation
• Tactics
• Criminal Investigations
• Executive Protection
• Close Protection
• Weapons
• Risk Analysis
• Enforcement
• Security Operations
• Intelligence Analysis
• Police
• Security Policy
• Corporate Security
• Homeland Security
• Security+
• Personal Security
• Emergency Management
• Physical Security
• Security Risk
• Counterterrorism
• Business Continuity
• Criminal Justice
• Personal Protection
• Surveillance
• Security Training
• Loss Prevention
• Firearms
• Risk Management
• Forensic Analysis